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But what they did was induct a whole generation of kids into the idea that you could make a computer do what you want. Once you understand that, and like it, and discover in your soul that this is wha...

Tom Forsyth @Tom Forsyth 1783673303

So maybe MAYBE something good will come of all this AI bollocks. Just like something good came of all that BASIC bollocks. Which is the love of coding. Real coding. Not using BASIC - that was just the seed. Flattening the learning curve. Getting the love and the need, if not the details, into kids.

Tom Forsyth · 5w

UNFORTUNATELY. Yeah, you knew I was going there. Unfortunately, the current implementation of AI is bullshit. It doesn't open up doors, it just gives people a crutch. Everything you do, it did for you. You learn nothing. You cheat yourself and the game. I don't know how to fix that.

Patai Gergely :c64: · 5w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqykddq7nmfd8cd0hupl8fnsmmuhtg55zusm6de4fjecmrhsx4x97qx8hm63 The problem with “AI” is that these tools are specifically training people to be lazy, which is unlikely to lead to learning anything useful. BASIC was crappy, but at least it was an...